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Exotic Fi 156
Hello,
There is a very interesting Fi 156 at BattleGroundRelics with several unusual features:
Does anybody recognize the version and what the purpose of the rectangular tubes / "aerial" was? Regards Roger Gaemperle |
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Re: Exotic Fi 156
Also, the fact that the Werknummer is painted on the fin is a rather rare occurrence. Is it decipherable?
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Re: Exotic Fi 156
You are right! I can't decipher it but maybe the owner of the photo can tell if the number is readable on the original photo.
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Re: Exotic Fi 156
I don't think those are oil stains on the auxiliary fuel tank but reflections. This indicates some type of plexi-glas or similar nose, perhaps for a camera.
Ed |
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Re: Exotic Fi 156
Hi Roger
Since I am uncertain what it is exactly you mean, my comments may be way off the hill... To me what is underneath the right wing which looks like a tubestructure is part of the strut and is connected both to the top wing and the strut itself. What looks like a rod pointing downwards is as far as can see on every Storch. A close up shows that it is graded and my guess is that it measured the fuel status in the wing. As far as I can judge it is also underneath the left wing. The Fi 156 carried many different types and sizes of tanks underneath its belly and from the photos I have of the type actually carrying tanks (not that usual it seems), they vary a lot, but none looks like the one on your photo. Looks like Ed is right when he says it looks like its "glazed". No suggestions though... Cheers Stig PS: Nice shot! |
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Nice photo Roger! :-)
Short vertical object ("aerial") beneath the wing is in fact a graduated tube (glass) with slotted metal protective sleeve to provide visual indication of wing-tank fuel quantity to the pilot. I suspect that the tank-like object beneath the fuselage is, just that, a (fuel) tank or maybe a container. It is unnecessarily big for a camera, and to put a transparent nose immediately aft and below the oil cooler as well as engine is asking for frequent staining; that makes for terrible photos. Moreover, if a camera, the pointing direction would favor downward, not ahead or upward. Why make the entire dome transparent? Could the dome, perhaps removable, be of a different material or painted a different color, or just oil-stained? Thus, the image we see. Most interesting to me are the two rectangular outward-rearward extensions beneath the cowing. On a typical Fi 156, that is where the engine exhaust discharges. Perhaps these keep the exhaust heat/smoke/flame off the tank. |
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Re: Exotic Fi 156
The "squared tubes" looks to me a modified exhaust system. See Roger´s photo 3 and follow the exhaust tube on engine. Also notice the exhaust stain on the fuel tanks.
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The last thing wanted is engine exhaust directed at a fuel tank. One may conclude that the rectangular pipes ("extenders") served to redirect the exhaust and increase separation between the discharge end (releasing hot gas and occasional flame) and the tank (containing fuel in vapor and liquid state). Maybe they also considered a bullet hitting the tank causing release of fuel; that is another reason to increase separation. Perhaps this item was a field installed modification coming from lessons learned through operational use.
Last edited by stephen f. polyak; 23rd April 2009 at 02:39. |
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